Astronauts floating weightlessly in the International Space Station may appear carefree, but years of research have shown that microgravity causes changes to the human body. Spaceflight also means exposure to more radiation. Together, ...
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Findings suggest drugs can now be developed to stall the growth of K-Ras cancers, previously deemed impossible to treat NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have found a biological weakness in the workings of the most commonly mutated ...
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A new combination of drugs might prolong life in certain older leukemia patients, a new study suggests. The research, led by German scientists, included nearly 800 older people (average age 73) who had been diagnosed with chronic ...
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Celgene has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its drug 'Abraxane' to treat patients with late-stage adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Adenocarcinoma is a sub-type of exocrine tumors which accounts for ...
Researchers from the Universities of Dundee, Glasgow and Strathclyde have been awarded pound 691,000 as part of the first wave of funding made available through Prostate Cancer UK’s ambitious new research strategy. A colossal pound ...
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Saladax Biomedical has signed a distribution contract with INyDIA Labs for My5-FU, a test that measures levels of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), in the blood of cancer patients, in Spain and Protugal. INyDIA will provide My5-FU test kits to ...
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Onco Therapies,a wholly owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab,has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for Cisplatin injection. Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat various types of cancers,including ...
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